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but senator lindsey graham said he was unimpressed. bottom line, i'm more disturbed now than i was before that the 16 september explanation about how four americans died in benghazi libya by ambassador rice i think does not do justice to the reality at the time and in hindsight clearly was completely wrong. >> sreenivasan: graham, along with senators mccain and ayotte, have said they'll oppose rice if she's nominated to be secretary of state. but independent senator joe lieberman also met with rice today, and he said he was satisfied with her explanation of events. >> i found her statements to be significant. she was just as clear and absolute as she could be that she based her testimony and her statements on sunday morning television on the talking points that she got from the intelligence community. >> sreenivasan: president obama has strongly defended rice. and a white house spokesman today criticized what he called the republican "obsession" with her initial statements on benghazi. protesters in egypt staged nationwide rallies toda
but senator lindsey graham said he was unimpressed. bottom line, i'm more disturbed now than i was before that the 16 september explanation about how four americans died in benghazi libya by ambassador rice i think does not do justice to the reality at the time and in hindsight clearly was completely wrong. >> sreenivasan: graham, along with senators mccain and ayotte, have said they'll oppose rice if she's nominated to be secretary of state. but independent senator joe lieberman also met...
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lindsey hilsum of independent television news begins our coverage with this report from beijing. >> the magnificent seven, china's new leaders, parading in front of chinese and international media this morning. the new secretary-general of the marty, x jinping, struck a surprisingly relaxed tone, his words translated. >> ladies and gentlemen, friends good morning. sorry to have kept you waiting. >> reporter: amongst the platitudes, a frank acknowledgment of why so many chinese are fed up with the communist party. >> ( translated ): in the new environment, our party faces many severe challenges and there are many pressing problems within the party that need to be resolved. the problems among the party members and card res of corruption taking bribes, being out of touch with the people, undue emphasis on formalities and bureaucracy must be addressed with great effort:. >> ( translated ): -- >> reporter: we know only a little about xi. he's the son of a communist party hero. his daughter is at harvard and his wife is a famous singer. she holds a rank in the people's liberation army equival
lindsey hilsum of independent television news begins our coverage with this report from beijing. >> the magnificent seven, china's new leaders, parading in front of chinese and international media this morning. the new secretary-general of the marty, x jinping, struck a surprisingly relaxed tone, his words translated. >> ladies and gentlemen, friends good morning. sorry to have kept you waiting. >> reporter: amongst the platitudes, a frank acknowledgment of why so many chinese...
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we bin our covage with a report from lindsey hilsum of "independent television news." >> reporter: state-of-the-art technology at the service of old-fashioned propaganda. the film's called "a decade of injury" and it's all thanks to the chinese communist party. this afternoon, mao tse-tung staired down at an empty teenmen square. it was cleared of people. earlier, this woman tried to protest. security is tight as you would expect on the first day of such an important meeting. but they have brought in rather extraordinary measures. the handles have been taken off the back doors of taxis to stop people from jumping out. you're not allowed to flytory airplanes or balloons or carry ping-pong balls or buy a knife from the supermarket. inside, 2,000 plus delegates gathered. in theory, they debate policy and elect new leadership. this is the last congress for president hu jintao who's stepping down. in practice, he and the part yee let have made the important decisions in secret in advance. the place on the platform went to 86-year-old former president jiang zemin. the old guard still pull the strings. as
we bin our covage with a report from lindsey hilsum of "independent television news." >> reporter: state-of-the-art technology at the service of old-fashioned propaganda. the film's called "a decade of injury" and it's all thanks to the chinese communist party. this afternoon, mao tse-tung staired down at an empty teenmen square. it was cleared of people. earlier, this woman tried to protest. security is tight as you would expect on the first day of such an important...
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basically because, i think the charge against lindsey graham, for example, is unfair, that somehow he's driven by terminal sexism. this is a senator, a republican senator from south carolina, who did vote for the confirmation of elena kagan and for justify sotomayor-- >> brown: you're referring to him coming out against-- >> and threatening this filibust wer john mccain which i think is an irrationalath on their parts. not because presidents have the option and should have the benefit of the doubt on a confirmation to the cabinet. this isn't a judicial lifetime appointment. and i don't senator graham or mccain was publicly vocal when secretary condoleezza rice was nominated for that position, having been national execute adviser, and predicted the arrival of the mushroom cloud because of a nuclear weapons that iraq was then, under saddam hussein, harboring. sthere seems to be a degree of irrationality. the president has now made it a big fight. and we've seen liberal press people come out citing the shortcomings-- personality shortcomings of susan rice. it's sort of a bizarre season, an
basically because, i think the charge against lindsey graham, for example, is unfair, that somehow he's driven by terminal sexism. this is a senator, a republican senator from south carolina, who did vote for the confirmation of elena kagan and for justify sotomayor-- >> brown: you're referring to him coming out against-- >> and threatening this filibust wer john mccain which i think is an irrationalath on their parts. not because presidents have the option and should have the...
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lindsey graham came out on sunday and said that congress was watching it very closely. the u.s. says that egypt is taking the initiative on its own, that the u.s. role is ancillary, that the u.s. is monitoring it. president obama has spoken to morsi. as recently as today. hillary clinton has spoken to her counterpart and the prime minister here that the u.s. does have a role. but that egypt is willingly leading the peace negotiations. >> woodruff: nancy yousef, on the story in cairo. nancy yousef with mcclatchy, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: oline we have a first person account from journalist stephanie freid, who writes about how the escalating violence is affecting families in the region, including her own. still to come on the newshour, inside rebel-held territory in syria; moving toward democracy in myanmar; the high cost of not having flood insurance; and maine's new senator, angus king. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: wall street started thanksgiving week on a buying binge. stocks surged from the start amid h
lindsey graham came out on sunday and said that congress was watching it very closely. the u.s. says that egypt is taking the initiative on its own, that the u.s. role is ancillary, that the u.s. is monitoring it. president obama has spoken to morsi. as recently as today. hillary clinton has spoken to her counterpart and the prime minister here that the u.s. does have a role. but that egypt is willingly leading the peace negotiations. >> woodruff: nancy yousef, on the story in cairo....
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we have a report narrated by lindsey hilsum of "independent television news." >> reporter: as refugees rush out, the rebels rush in. m23 fighters hurtled into sarko today to fight congolese government forces which had taken back control of the town. people flee as they fled so many times before. 25 different rebel groups operate in the area, all of them and the regular army abuse cilians. terror is never far away. it's become a way of life. >> congo is a place where you kind of negotiate how much you want to be abused. what people fear mostly is when control keeps on shifting. that is why this year is such a dramatic low in the protection of civilians, cause there's a constant shift of armed groups in control by the army, so >> reporter: in uganda yesterday, three regional leaders met to discuss the crisis, including president paul kagame of rwanda. a u.n. report details evidence of rwandan backing for the m23, something he's denied, his words somewhat delphic. aid agencies say 120,000 people are now on the run. under pressure, the british government has changed policy towards one of i
we have a report narrated by lindsey hilsum of "independent television news." >> reporter: as refugees rush out, the rebels rush in. m23 fighters hurtled into sarko today to fight congolese government forces which had taken back control of the town. people flee as they fled so many times before. 25 different rebel groups operate in the area, all of them and the regular army abuse cilians. terror is never far away. it's become a way of life. >> congo is a place where you...